The Republic of Sylcar is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 2.941 billion Sylcarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.3%.

The all-consuming Sylcarian economy, worth 374 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 127,169 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, one year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for Leader's office, there is something rotten in the state of Sylcar, and only vaccinated citizens may have free healthcare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sylcar's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.